Jerry Lewis. Creativity and personal life

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

Jerry Lee Lewis is a musician who rightfully deserves to be included in the history of American music. This performer has an undeniable talent, as well as a huge supply of creative energy.

Creative Origins

Known in certain circles country music artist - Mickey Gilley, is the cousin of Jerry Lewis. It is Mickey, according to some critics, who has the right to call himself Lewis's first teacher. Already from childhood, Jerry Lewis begins to get involved in music, asks his cousin to teach him the basics of this art. Mickey, of course, could not refuse his brother, and he, in turn, showed enviable perseverance in his studies, learning to play the old piano. Sometimes Jerry even used private tutors.

The Lewis family was very pious, which was reflected in him. Having received his secondary education, Jerry enters the Texas Bible Institute. However, even here he does not leave the instrument, continuing to hone his skills. It was this passion that later became the reason for expulsion from the university. To be more specific, Jerry decided to sing the song "My God Is Real". The song itself didn't sound blasphemous in any way,however, the "boogie" style in which Lewis performed it led the instructors to consider it as such.

After leaving the university, Jerry devoted himself completely to his favorite pastime - music.

Music career and scandals

In 1958, Jerry Lewis, whose biography is now known to most lovers of South American music, released his first studio album. The musician did not think about the name for a long time, calling this collection “Jerry Lee Lewis”. Already this first studio work turned Jerry into a real star. Some songs from this record became hits, played on the radio, and are still popular. But more than 50 years have passed!

Immediately after the release of this album, Jerry Lewis went on tour in the US and Europe. The popularity and recognition of the singer and musician grew very rapidly. However, there were also unpleasant moments in his life. So, Jerry married his niece, who by that time was only 13 years old. This fact cooled the ardor of many of the musician's fans, as a result of which numerous disruptions of concerts followed, and, accordingly, there were losses. Radio stations stopped broadcasting his songs, the media wrote about him only in a critical way.

Only closer to the mid-60s, Jerry Lewis, whose photo was known to every journalist of the yellow press, began to give concerts and tour again. The scandal was slowly forgotten, and the musician began to gain popularity again. He worked hard and well. Literally every year he creatednew album, and in total he released more than 40 of them during his career.

Private life

This side of Jerry's life can be talked about for a very long time. His first marriage took place when the future musician was only 15 years old. He married the daughter of a priest. The disintegration of this marriage was served by that ill-fated story with his niece. For 12 years, Jerry Lewis lived with her, and then the couple also broke up. Other attempts to find happiness in family life followed later. More precisely, there were as many as 5 of these attempts! All of them turned out to be failures. Some are the fault of Jerry himself, who at one time became very addicted to alcohol and drugs. But there were also accidents. One of Lewis's wives was found drowned in the pool, the other died from a drug overdose. Jerry's last wife is his nurse. At the time of the marriage, the musician was 76 years old, she was 62 years old. The marriage was registered in 2012.

Today

In 2015, Jerry Lewis celebrated his 80th birthday. Despite such an advanced age, the musician still works actively and efficiently, performs at concerts, goes on tour not only in his country, but also in Europe. He was included in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, a biopic was made about him, and not even one.

Indeed, the creative energy that this person has now is the envy of any aspiring musician. It is no coincidence that concerts with the participation of Jerry Lewis gather full halls and stadiums - his vigorous activitybears fruit, and his performances, songs and acting magically attract the attention of anyone who hears them.